Yiu Kit Ching Explained
Christy Yiu Kit-Ching (Chinese: 姚潔貞 born 20 February 1988) is a long-distance runner from Hong Kong. She competed in the marathon event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China and the 2016 Olympic Games.[1]
Career
Yiu finished 39th in the women's marathon at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, setting a new personal best and national record with a time of two hours 36 minutes and 11 seconds.[2]
In 2020, she competed in the women's half marathon at the 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships held in Gdynia, Poland.[3]
Personal bests
- 1500 metres – 4:32.63 min, 29 Jun 2014, Hong Kong (HKG)
- 3000 metres Steeplechase – 10:25.81 min, 9 Oct 2013, Tianjin (CHN) - HKR
- 5000 metres – 16:01.88 min, 7 May 2016, Nobeoka (JPN)
- 10,000 metres – 33:45.00 min, 16 July 2015, Abashiri (JPN)
- 10km – 33:48 min, 17 October 2020, Gdynia (POR) - HKR
- 15km – 51:06 min, 17 October 2020, Gdynia (POR) - HKR
- Half marathon – 1:12:10 hrs, 17 October 2020, Gdynia (POR) - HKR
- Marathon – 2:31:24 hrs, 6 May 2021, Milano (ITA) - HKR
See also
External links
- http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1785233/yiu-kit-ching-qualifies-2016-rio-olympics-and-world-championships
- http://www.scmp.com/video/hong-kong/1989085/road-rio-marathon-runner-christy-yiu-kit-ching-shares-how-her-husband-helped
Notes and References
- Web site: Women's marathon results. IAAF . 29 August 2015.
- News: Hot stuff: Christy Yiu Kit-ching beats the heat to run a PB but falls just short of Hong Kong's marathon record. 15 August 2016. . Porteous. James.
- Web site: Women's Half Marathon. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017111945/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138821/AT-HMAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=1284936714. 17 October 2020. 17 October 2020. 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.
